Check out these 17 short online research guides ranging from choosing a topic to writing a conclusion, or these Films on Demand:
Writing Essentials (23 minutes)
Researching, Reading, and Writing (12 minutes)
Models of Non-Fiction Writing: Informing People (26 minutes)
Models of Non-Fiction Writing: Presenting an Arguement (26 minutes)
Effective Internet Search: Basic Tools and Advanced Strategies (22 minutes)
Recognizing Online Propaganda, Bias, and Advertising (21 minutes)
Plagiarism 2.0: Information Ethics in the Digital Age (19 minutes)
In the Library:
Foundations: critical thinking, reading and writing 378.170281 SHE 2005
Discovering arguments: an introduction to critical thinking and writing with readings
808.0427 MEM 2002
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association 808 PUB 2010
MLA handbook for writers of research papers 808.027 MLA 2009
The wrinkle-free world of English composition - 4 DVD set. 808.042 WRI 2002 Volumes 1-4.
Vol. 1: Enter the Writer Vol. 2: Freewriting Vol. 3: Researching & Rough Drafts Vol. 4: From the First Line to the Last Draft
See also this University of Alberta Guide to Plagiarism.
